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Saturday, 22 April 2017

Just imagine if it was Corbyn's senior staffers abandoning ship

Within days of announcing her U-turn on her promises not to hold an opportunistic snap General Election both of Theresa May's top spin doctors quit their jobs. Katie Perrior was the first to jump ship, and then Lizzie Louden followed her out a couple of days later.The mainstream press has barely touched this extraordinary story of two of the Prime Minister's top staffers abandoning her within days of her General Election announcement, but we all know that's how this works by now.If it had've been two of Jeremy Corbyn's top advisers jumping ship at the very beginning of his election campaign, the mainstream media would be all over it like a rash, using it to condemn him as "weak" and "unelectable". But because it's Theresa May she gets a free pass, because her senior advisers quitting goes totally against the predetermined "black is white" media narrative that she's a "strong" and "stable" leader.

The evidence is absolutely clear that the mainstream media work to predetermined narratives meaning that stories that fit the desired narratives get prominence, whilst those that contradict it get very little coverage at all.